Chapter 730: A Liar in Emotion, a Fool in Love

Forgive Xi Sister Meng Ze, this honest person, for never having thought that she could do this.

She said hesitantly, "This isn't good, right? I don't want to be a liar in emotion. If I swing my sickle at a truly innocent person just to avoid others, I will feel guilty."

Jin Li raised her eyebrows, "I was just saying it casually, but listening to your tone, do you already have a candidate in mind?"

Xi Sister Meng Ze:...

Only then did she realize she had been tricked!

Xi Sister Meng Ze: "I just think, cough cough, I, no, I don't have a candidate!"

Jin Li: "Right, right, you don't have a candidate, you don't want innocent people to get hurt, so dear, can you tell me who the innocent person is?"

Xi Sister Meng Ze denied it three times: "There is no such person, nothing at all, you heard wrong!"

Jin Li sighed longly: "You used to chat well with Yan Xingdong, I thought this person would be Yan Xingdong.

I even thought he would be the first person to pursue you, but I didn't expect all kinds of stars to pop up, and he hasn't made any moves yet.

It seems my previous judgment wasn't accurate; I thought he had a crush on you!"

Xi Sister Meng Ze's eyes flickered, and she said hesitantly, "You, you... how did you see that Yan Xingdong has a crush on me?"

Jin Li said bluntly, "Is this hard to see? He went to learn about a field he had never understood just to pursue you.

I've never heard that Yan Xingdong likes manga, and he's been in the industry for a long time; he never revealed it to the media.

And he's a boy, yet he watches shoujo manga; don't you think that's strange?"

Xi Sister Meng Ze's words stalled.

Jin Li: "Also, don't you think you chat quite frequently? Are you still chatting recently? Does he know you're being pursued?"

Xi Sister Meng Ze said softly, "We chat every day; he reports his schedule to me, and he also says good morning and good night.

Sometimes we even video chat, just because he wants to talk to me. I think our friendship is quite pure."

Jin Li said meaningfully, "Oh, pure friendship."

Xi Sister Meng Ze said softly again, "He should know; he's been looking for me to chat very frequently recently."

Not long after she finished speaking, Xi Sister Meng Ze's phone rang.

She took a look; it was a WeChat video call from Yan Xingdong.

Seeing this scene, Jin Li understood everything; Yan Xingdong was here to check up on her.

She patted Sister Meng Ze's shoulder, "You should consider the suggestion I made carefully, and I feel that you aren't without feelings for Yan Xingdong, otherwise you wouldn't be so hesitant."

"Also, if you really don't want to date, then don't give everyone a chance. Go talk to Sister Fang, find a time to make it public, and eliminate all hidden dangers."

Xi Sister Meng Ze nodded.

She walked into the room and didn't answer the phone outside.

Jin Li opened her phone and saw a WeChat message from Yu Guanmingzhu, which was the news that *Returning to Youth* had been launched.

Entering the blog, Yu Guanmingzhu's account had already reposted it; Jin Li copied her copy, changed a few words, and posted it.

Netizens immediately came to reply.

【This short drama is a bit awesome, to be able to get Jin Li and Yu Guanmingzhu to advertise together】

【Horizontal-screen short drama, this is a high-quality short drama, I thought it was a small vertical-screen short drama】

【Eh, I like this director's first work, *False Face*! So she has a new work out!】

【Am I the only one curious about the relationship between this crew and Jin Li and the other?】

【Actually, you just need to check it; people in the short drama circle all know that this director received investment from Jin Li and the others...】

【Jin Li's investment vision is too good, can you take a look at my startup plan?】

*Returning to Youth* was originally quite obscure when it launched because it used unknown actors, so it simply wasn't promoted.

After all, small transparent actors don't have many fans, and some are pure newcomers.

But after being promoted by Jin Li and Yu Guanmingzhu, everyone flocked to watch it.

It didn't matter if they didn't watch it, but once they did, they found that this film was interesting.

Although it used the rebirth trope, it was different from the rebirth power-fantasy novels people understood.

This drama exposed the shortcomings of several protagonists with limited experience, and it was filmed around their shortcomings.

Even if they lived a second life and walked a different path based on their foresight, this path was based on the information they learned in their previous life.

That is to say, they actually never broke through themselves.

For example, Male Lead A heard in his previous life that doing clothing would make a lot of money, so he went to do clothing, wrote down all the buying points he could think of, and then practiced them one by one.

He eventually became a very large clothing distributor.

But this path was also based on the life experience he thought of in his previous life; he didn't transcend the limitations of the experience he received in his previous life.

Clearly, he had already been reborn once and had more possibilities, and could live a more affluent life.

Besides doing clothing, he could also try other professions.

But because of the fear of failure, he only walked the path he thought was successful in his previous life, eliminating other possibilities.

And the other characters were the same; the achievements they made were all related to their previous life experience.

Actually, for rebirth dramas, this way of filming is completely fine.

In the previous life, many people stumbled and took many detours; living a second life, one only needs to walk towards the most correct path.

No need to try things that have never been tried before.

But this drama was filmed very ironically; it wasn't a power-fantasy drama in the sense of the word, but rather magnified the limitations and gave people a certain space for thinking.

Living a second life, is it to follow the successful experience one heard in the previous life, or to try possibilities one never thought of?

This drama has several protagonists, and the one with the highest achievement was actually an ordinary person in the previous life who became an elite after hard work.

This time, living a second life, because she came into contact with more opportunities in the previous life and had more information channels than others, she was more successful.

Many netizens felt it was a pity that it wasn't filmed as a movie after watching this drama.

【The quality of such a script is a pity to be in a short drama; there is strong emotional conflict, and there is also the logical depth required.

The ending is clearly very satisfying, but it gives people a feeling of regret and abruptness】

【I think it should be filmed as a comedy】

【1, a comedy can maximize the black humor in the script】

【Can you release a movie version, even if it's an online movie?】

The call for filming it as a movie on the internet is quite high.

Plus, the popularity of this high-quality horizontal-screen short drama is indeed very high, and after the promotion of the two A-list stars, it has shown a trend of going mainstream.

So the director really thought about whether it could be filmed as a movie.

But after thinking about it again and again, she gave up.

Inspiration is fleeting.

At that time, when filming this drama, the crew encountered many problems, and the script was revised several times; it can be said that it was filmed very convolutedly.

At that time, she was doing her best, using everything she had learned, and filming with the mentality that it was her last drama.

In that state, she had already expressed the thoughts, composition, and visuals she wanted to express in her mind...

For this story, she had already done everything she could do.

So if it were to be filmed as a movie, the director couldn't guarantee it could be filmed more brilliantly than the short drama.

Since she wasn't sure, why bother remaking it as a movie?

It would just be reheating leftovers.

She considered that she didn't have the fan base to support her reheating leftovers without being abandoned.

This is an era where if you don't appear in front of people for a period of time, you will be forgotten, or if you fail once, it is very difficult to turn over again.

Every step she took had to be very cautious.

*Returning to Youth* had good popularity on the internet, and Jin Li and Yu Guanmingzhu paid attention to it after promoting it.

In their spare time, they also asked the director what her plans were.

As investors, they were there to give the director peace of mind.

Both expressed that if she really wanted to film it as a movie, they were willing to support her.

But soon, they received the director's refusal.

When the director video-called the two, she looked very hesitant.

"I don't know if doing this is right, but I feel that I have already used everything I learned to film this story. Using a short drama as a carrier to present this story is the best I can do within my ability.

If it were changed to a movie, I might not be able to find the previous state, and I'm worried that it won't be filmed as expected, and I'm worried that the netizens' expectations will fall through."

Jin Li said very straightforwardly, "Then don't film it."

The director was stunned and asked softly, "But if I don't film it, won't you feel it's a pity? It clearly has such high popularity, but I didn't grasp it.

If I could film it better, maybe I could enter the movie circle in one fell swoop, become a new director, and at the same time, you could earn more money."

Jin Li smiled, "If you want to enter the movie circle, then just film a movie that can be released in theaters, instead of filming an online movie.

Although I don't have very mature channels, I can introduce some connections for you.

The movie circle is never far from you; it just depends on whether you can make up your mind and whether you want to try to rush in this direction.

Also, regarding making money, investment was just a whim for me and Yu Guanmingzhu; we invested a sum of money casually, and we don't rely on investment to make money.

The profit dividends of a movie are not even comparable to an announcement I and Yu Guanmingzhu participate in casually.

We just enjoy the sense of achievement of making money by investing casually, not really for the sake of making money."

Yu Guanmingzhu echoed, "If it were purely for making money, wouldn't it be better to invest in those small-budget, more melodramatic short dramas that can cause strong emotional conflict?"

Jin Li pondered for a moment and said, "And I actually quite understand that you don't want to film a sequel and change it into a movie.

Let the story stop at the most beautiful stage, and that's enough.

Having some regrets and flaws actually makes this story, and people will think about it.

If the last bit of flaw is really filled in, people will instead feel that the classic is no longer a classic.

Water overflows when full, the moon wanes when full; stopping at the short drama stage is also quite good."

The director didn't expect that the question she tentatively asked would instead get an unexpected surprise.

The sudden excitement made her forget her nervousness for a moment, and she couldn't help but ask, "Jin Li, can you really invest in me to film a movie?"

Jin Li said affirmatively, "Yes, as long as you want."

The director asked hesitantly, "Do you think I can film a movie?"

Jin Li: "This doesn't depend on me, but on you. Whether you have the ability and whether you want to try, you have to ask yourself."

The director hung up the video call with a tangled face, leaving only Yu Guanmingzhu and Jin Li in the group chat.

Yu Guanmingzhu was packing her clothes and said amusingly:

"I still wanted her to film a few more short dramas to make money, but after you said that, I think her next one will probably be a movie."

Jin Li said, "Her aesthetics are okay; if she keeps filming short dramas, I feel it's a waste of talent.

Trying a movie is quite good; maybe she can develop her own style and characteristics. If I can cultivate a director with my own hands, it will also be more fulfilling."

She changed the subject and asked curiously, "What about you? I heard from Sister Fang that you recently stopped all your announcements and will only start working after the New Year. Now that you're packing your clothes, where are you planning to go?"

Yu Guanmingzhu paused and said in a low voice, "I'm preparing to go abroad, um, I might go home."

Jin Li knew that Yu Guanmingzhu's family lived abroad all year round, and they also spent the New Year abroad.

"Why so suddenly? You changed your schedule temporarily and even paid a large amount of liquidated damages."

Yu Guanmingzhu hesitated and said, "After talking with you, I feel that compared to the fear of loss I might face in the future, a beginning I never had would make me feel more regretful."

Once the words were out, she had no psychological barriers and said bluntly:

"I want to try with Chen Lin. If I miss him, I feel I won't meet such a young man who guards me wholeheartedly in the future.

He is enthusiastic and cheerful, just like a clingy puppy; I like the feeling of being with him."

Jin Li raised her eyebrows, "Even so, you don't have to run abroad, right?"

Yu Guanmingzhu: "I still have to. It's too easy to be recognized in the country, and I want to live with him for a while.

If I don't find his shortcomings, or if I can tolerate his shortcomings, then we will be together."

Jin Li: "... Are you dating? The progress is too fast."

Who dates and starts living together right away?

This isn't aiming for dating; this is simply aiming for marriage.

Rounding it up, this is aiming for a lifetime.

Yu Guanmingzhu smiled, her expression a bit arrogant: "I don't care anymore, I'm giving up, I just want to be like this."

"I want to see if love is as brilliant as fireworks, but fleeting.

Or if it can keep that moment of beauty forever in the bottom of my heart, repeatedly missing it."

The scene turns back to before.

After Yu Guanmingzhu came out of Jin Li's house, she first returned to her residence.

During the return, she thought of a lot, and her mood rose and fell with the content in her mind.

When sleeping at night, she tossed and turned and couldn't sleep.

The next day, she got up with a pair of panda eyes, almost not sleeping all night.

Yu Guanmingzhu felt that she couldn't go on like this.

She had to take action.

So she called Chen Lin.

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